St Chad’s Sanctuary CIO Trustee’s Annual Report and Accounts For the Year 1st April 2021 - 31st March 2022
Foreword by the Chair, Monsignor Timothy Menezes
My fellow Trustees and I are delighted to present our report and the financial statements for the year ending 31st March 2022. This year we have continued to reach out to and work with some of the most vulnerable people in our society, asylum seekers and refugees, despite the ongoing challenges of the pandemic and the complex asylum system. We are proud that our small staff team and many volunteers are committed to their work and willingly adapt to the ever-changing circumstances of our service users. This Report gives a flavour of the work of St Chad’s Sanctuary over the past year and which we look forward to continuing into next year and well beyond.
Reference and Administrative Information
Status: St Chad’s Sanctuary was registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) 11th June 2018. Prior to this it was registered as a charity under number 1146151.
Charity name: St Chad’s Sanctuary CIO
Charity number: 1178728
Registered address: 72-74 Shadwell Street, Birmingham, B6 4HA
Trustees
The Trustees of the Charity during the period were:
| Name | Date of appointment |
| Sr. Margaret Walsh | 11th June 2018 |
| Rev. Fr. Gerard Patrick Lennon | 11th June 2018 - resigned 22nd April 2021 |
| Ms Joanne Watters | 11th June 2018 |
| Ms Maryam Chaharmir | 11th June 2018 |
| Rev Fr Timothy Menezes | 25th March 2019 |
| Mr Robert Maloney | 25th February 2019 - resigned 22nd April 2021 |
| Ms Carol Phelan | 23rd September 2019 - resigned 29th September 2021 |
| Mr David Blower | 23rd September 2019 |
Independent Examiner: BVSC Accounting Services 138 Digbeth Birmingham B5 6DR
Gift Aid: St Chad’s Sanctuary CIO is registered for Gift Aid
Structure, Governance and Management
Constitution
The Charity is a Charity Incorporated Organisation (CIO). The Trustees are the members of the Charity.
Appointment of trustees
The Trustees meet at least quarterly. There must be at least three trustees on the Board at any one time and there is no maximum number. New trustees are appointed by resolution passed by the existing trustees. Two trustees may be appointed by the Archbishop of Birmingham ( Rev Fr Gerald Lennon until resignation and Rev Fr Timothy Menezes), one by the Provincial Leader of the Infant Jesus Sisters (Nicolas Barre) General Trust in
England and Ireland (currently Sr Margaret Walsh), and one by the Chief Executive of Father Hudson’s Care (currently Ms Joanne Watters).
Objectives and Activities
The objective of the CIO can be summarised best as relieving poverty and isolation among asylum seekers and refugees in Birmingham and the surrounding areas. Full objectives are available at the Charity Commission. We seek to fulfil our objectives by providing a warm welcome and a dignified process for obtaining practical items and English lessons.
We distribute practical items such as clothing, food, toiletries, backpacks, luggage, bedding and other household items. We open our doors for distribution of these items at 1030 until 1330 every Monday, Wednesday and Friday over 40 weeks of the year. We have given essential practical items to 1547 people this year from 63 different countries who made 3750 visits. We also offer ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) classes for asylum seekers and refugees to improve their English, focussing our classes on those people who cannot access college courses or other provision, such as asylum seekers who have been in the UK for less than 6 months and those who have fallen out of the ‘system’ and as a result are destitute and have no recourse to public funds.
Our service users are those labelled as asylum seekers and refugees who originate from across the world including Sudan, Eritrea, Iran, Syria, Pakistan, Congo, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Somalia and Iraq. Once in the UK our service users travel from across Birmingham, the Black Country, Solihull, Coventry and surrounds to access our service. We support men, women and families; over the last few years the number of families with young children and/or pregnant women who are settled in the area is increasing, and new arrivals tend to be young single men, reflecting the general population of asylum seekers in Birmingham.
At the start of the year we had a staff team of four, as the Volunteer and Centre Coordinator had left in March 2021 at the end of her one year contract. In April 2021 after 6 years with St Chad’s Sanctuary our Resources Worker resigned when she relocated to another part of the country. Mindful of our limited financial resources we reorganised the workload and did not replace our Resources Worker. We were keen to demonstrate our commitment to our volunteer wellbeing and so recruited a Volunteer Coordinator at the beginning of August 2021. After receiving some targeted funding we were delighted to further recruit a Young Person’s Education Coordinator to oversee our Little School for six hours per week; they joined us in March 2022. All five staff are employed on behalf of the Trustees by Father Hudson’s Care (charity number 512992), who are paid for their HR and Management services. We pay a contract cleaner in addition to this. We have approximately fifty volunteers across the week who enable the charitable objectives to be met and without whom the charity could not succeed.
Our ESOL classes provide an essential service to people seeking asylum in Birmingham.
In March 2021 we maintained our online offering of ESOL classes, which we initiated during the pandemic, to enable people to continue learning English whilst remaining safe from coronavirus exposure. We taught four online classes at different levels, with each class meeting two or three times a week for one to two hours at a time. Alongside these classes we offered two online ‘drop in’ classes of one and a half hours each, called ‘Faith, History and Culture’ and ‘Conversation Club’. Through learning English our students not only learn the language but they increase their social support networks, interact with different types of people and have a shape and structure to their week, which has mental health benefits, therefore we were keen to find ways to continue our classes in the face of the pandemic. At the beginning of the academic year in September 2021 we were excited to teach our students face to face once again, however as our learning spaces were too small for social distancing we hired two larger external venues in Birmingham to allow for us to in-person classes, which was welcomed by volunteers and students alike. We supplied the students and teachers with coronavirus testing kits and monitored their use so that we knew that everyone attending the classes was free of the virus. We taught four in-person classes per week of different ability levels, each class having an average of two lessons a week of two hours. We were pleased in addition to this, to continue one online class twice a week and one drop in class online to allow for people who were unable to attend the venues due to childcare issues or feelings of medical vulnerability.
We have offered separate ‘Little School’ classes for the last few years, for children who have not yet secured school places which focus on ‘school readiness’ whilst our team helps their parents navigate the school application process. During this year full of Coronavirus lockdowns we had a decreased need for this service as fewer new children were moving into the area, necessitating the need for a school place. For those who did, we worked with the families and schools to obtain school places as well as supporting those who we had previously found places as they navigated lockdown school or online learning in difficult home environments. As movement started again and new families started to arrive in the area the Little School team of volunteers were happy to assist in applying for school places for the children and college places for the older teens. Those children who had to wait for a school place to become available attended weekly classes at the Sanctuary to learn some English and make friends. It was lovely to welcome these families again and the need was such that we were able to appoint our Young Person’s Education Coordinator to work for 6 hours per week planning lessons and communicating with the schools and families.
We work closely with many schools, parishes and community groups who support us by holding events to collect money, food items, toiletries and other items. We are so grateful for their input and we encourage their interest in our work and in the wider issues faced by people seeking asylum by hosting visits and tours, and giving talks and assemblies in schools and online. We love to encourage interest and engagement in the wider issues of the asylum system and refugee crisis. Although campaigning is not our main purpose we are grateful to have joined the Together With Refugees coalition this year which as a body of charities and organisations seeks to campaign for a kinder, more fair approach to refugees in this country.
Our volunteers are at the heart of our work and we were delighted that about fifteen continued to volunteer as ESOL tutors online during the height of the pandemic allowing our classes to continue. We also had a handful of volunteers who came into the building to help with the distribution of items during the pandemic, whilst adhering to our strict social distancing and testing procedures. We were delighted to invite more volunteers back gradually to volunteer in the building once we and they felt safe to do so - many returned once they had received their vaccinations. Some people did not return to volunteering after the pandemic as they had either moved away or had taken on great care-giving roles within their family.
Three Trustees resigned this year for personal reasons. The remaining Trustees are grateful to them for their years of dedicated service to the vision of St Chad’s Sanctuary. Each Trustee brings different skills to the Board and each one has been allocated a particular ‘link’ with the project, a subject in which they have experience and in relation to which they can assist the Project Manager or staff member. For example, David Blower is the link Trustee for volunteers and for the Volunteer Coordinator as he is a volunteer in the distribution activities at St Chad’s Sanctuary. There are also links for safeguarding, finances and HR, for example. The Board continues to seek new members who can add value and experience to the Board. We are especially seeking those with lived experience of being an asylum seeker or refugee, as we enjoy having one such person currently and it is crucial to hear their voice at Board level. To ensure that good quality candidates are recruited, the Trustees developed a Trustee Application Form with an associated information pack so that Trustees are fully informed of the expectations and responsibilities of Trusteeship, and they are also invited to volunteer for a lengthy period in the Sanctuary to reach a deeper understanding of the challenges and joys of the work.
Financial Review
St Chad’s Sanctuary is currently funded with a mixture of private donations from individuals, schools, parishes and businesses, grant and trust funding and donations of practical items and volunteer time. The Salvation Army provides a building currently at a peppercorn rent, and Father Hudson’s Care provides HR, management and governance support, invoicing for part costs and providing a portion in-kind.
The CIO’s organisational income during 2021/22 was £ 130,413 and the expenditure was £ 127,026 . This shows a decrease in income of £16,877 and an increase in expenditure of £23,678 compared to 2020/21. However, in 2020/21, we reclaimed several years’ worth of Gift Aid amounting to £14,216, and we did not submit a Gift Aid claim in 2021/22. If we disregard the Gift Aid figures, the income level is quite similar. The increase in expenditure is largely due to £6,615 extra on clothing purchases and about £18,000 extra on staff costs (partly due to our accounts being prepared on a cash basis, and the period including 13 sets of salaries). Private donations from individuals, schools and parishes were down on the previous year by around £22,000 while grant funding increased by a similar amount.
Summary of grants received:
| Summary of grants received: | |
|---|---|
| Garfield Weston Foundation | £15000 |
| EH Smith Charitable Trust | £10220 |
| Handsworth Charity | £10000 |
| HoE Coronavirus fund | £5000 |
| Jesuits | £5000 |
| Cole Trust | £2000 |
| Leathersellers | £1800 |
| Cathedral Poor Fund | £1000 |
| TOTAL GRANTS | £50,020 |
Large private donations
There were 14 donors (individuals and organisations) who donated £1000 or more during the course of the year, and 4 of these donated between £4000 and £10,000. The collective value of these donations was £40,318.
Reserves Policy
The CIO has unrestricted funds of £ 98,046.
Our unrestricted funds are historically high due to the value of donations we received from individuals and parishes who do not restrict their donations. We anticipate that this type of donation will decrease next year given the expected economic downturn and going forward, as it has this year. This year we also received a large grant from Garfield Weston which was unrestricted. Of the unrestricted fund, the Trustees believe it necessary to hold £66,000 in reserve to meet the following needs. We are in negotiations with our landlord, The Salvation Army to take over responsibility for our utility bills in the not-too-distant future, and estimate this will cost us in the region of £10,000 pa. This leaves us with approximately £60,000 which is approximately 6 months expenditure. It is sensible to keep 6 months running costs in reserve to use for salaries and essential charitable activities should our finances be negatively impacted in the next financial year. We anticipate our monthly expenditure to be approximately £10,000, so we will keep £60,000 for this plus £10,000 for the potential utility bills in reserve; the Trustees therefore deem it prudent to keep £70,000 in reserve.
Public Benefit Statement
The principal activity of the charity is to relieve poverty among asylum seekers, refugees and migrants in Birmingham and surrounding areas. The Trustees have referred to the guidance from the Charities Commission on Charities and Public Benefit. The Trustees are confident that St. Chad's Sanctuary aims and activities are in accordance with the regulations on public benefit.
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St Chad’s Sanctuary
End of Year Financial Statements
Year ending 31[st] March 2022
Statement of Financial Activities
| Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total Prior year funds funds funds funds total funds |
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total Prior year funds funds funds funds total funds |
|---|---|
| Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies Other trading activities Other income Total income Expenditure on: Expenditure on charitable activities Other expenditure Total expenditure Gains / losses on investment assets Net income / (expenditure) resources before transfer Transfers Gross transfers between funds - in Gross transfers between funds - out Other recognised gains / losses Gains on revaluation, fixed assets, charity's own use Net movement in funds Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward Represented by Unrestricted General fund Designated Party Restricted Access to Sanctuary services Bus passes Clean Air Zone charges Clothing E H Smith Charitable Trust ESOL costs Edward & Dorothy Cadbury Trust English Through Song Family Activity Fund Food fund Green Choices Gubay - food and food delivery Handsworth Charity Jesuits Little School Little School IT fund Management & HR (FH) Matt Kendall Foundation Staff salaries for direct client costs |
74,185 55,020 — 129,205 144,687 1,208 — — 1,208 2,603 — — — — — |
| 75,393 55,020 — 130,413 147,290 75,240 51,563 — 126,804 103,102 297 — — 297 246 |
|
| 75,538 51,563 — 127,101 103,348 — — — — — |
|
| (144) 3,456 — 3,312 43,942 329 6,200 — 6,529 3,676 (5,000) (1,529) — (6,529) (3,676) — — — — — |
|
| (4,814) 8,126 — 3,312 43,942 |
|
| 103,311 12,013 — 115,325 71,383 |
|
| 98,497 20,140 — 118,637 115,325 97,997 — — 97,997 102,811 500 — — 500 500 — 5,000 — 5,000 — — 424 — 424 351 — 494 — 494 — — — — — 700 — 1,137 — 1,137 1,137 — 309 — 309 — — — — — 942 — 366 — 366 366 — 841 — 841 841 — 1,340 — 1,340 2,599 — 102 — 102 102 — 573 — 573 921 — (125) — (125) 352 — 5,000 — 5,000 — — 4,000 — 4,000 — — 302 — 302 — — — — — 1,300 — 174 — 174 174 — — — — 2,062 — 200 — 200 160 |
Balance sheet
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| Class and code Description |
This year Last year |
|---|---|
| Current assets CA010 Current account CA020 Petty cash CA030 Little School cash tin CA040 Emergency travel cash box CA100 Old Barclays account Total Current assets Reserves Excess / (deficit) to date Z01 Starting balances Total Reserves Represented by funds Unrestricted Designated Restricted Endowment Total |
116,384 100,297 155 71 86 214 4 14 2,007 14,728 |
| 118,637 115,325 3,312 43,942 115,325 71,383 |
|
| 118,637 115,325 97,997 102,811 500 500 20,140 12,013 — — |
|
| 118,637 115,325 |
Statement of assets and liabilities
| General Designated Restricted Endowment This year **Last year ** |
|
|---|---|
| Current assets - Cash at bank and in hand Current account - Petty cash - Little School cash tin - Emergency travel cash box - Old Barclays account - Totals Grand total |
95,662 500 20,221 — 116,384 100,297 235 — (80) — 155 71 86 — — — 86 214 4 — — — 4 14 2,007 — — — 2,007 14,728 |
| 97,997 500 20,140 — 118,637 115,325 |
|
| 97,997 500 20,140 — 118,637 115,325 |
Fund movement by type
| Opening Incoming Outgoing Transfers Gains/losses Journals Closing |
|
|---|---|
| BOOKS - Books for ESOL stude Restricted Sub-total for BOOKS BUSPASS - Bus passes Restricted Sub-total for BUSPASS CADBURY - Edward & Dorothy Cad Restricted Sub-total for CADBURY CAZ - Clean Air Zone charg Restricted Sub-total for CAZ CLOTHES - Clothing Restricted Sub-total for CLOTHES |
— — — — — — — |
| — — — — — — — 351 554 481 — — — 424 |
|
| 351 554 481 — — — 424 942 — 942 — — — — |
|
| 942 — 942 — — — — — 510 16 — — — 494 |
|
| — 510 16 — — — 494 700 1,640 2,340 — — — — |
|
| 700 1,640 2,340 — — — — |
COLE - Cole Charitable Trus
| COLE - Cole Charitable Trus | |
|---|---|
| Restricted Sub-total for COLE DIRECT - for direct client co Restricted Sub-total for DIRECT EHSMITH - E H Smith Charitable Restricted Sub-total for EHSMITH ESOL - ESOL costs Restricted Sub-total for ESOL FAM-ACT - Family Activity Fund Restricted Sub-total for FAM-ACT FH - Management & HR (FH) Restricted Sub-total for FH FOOD - Food fund Restricted Sub-total for FOOD GARFIELD - Garfield Weston Restricted Sub-total for GARFIELD GREEN - Green Choices Restricted Sub-total for GREEN GUBAY - Gubay - food and foo Restricted Sub-total for GUBAY HAKE - Access to Sanctuary Restricted Sub-total for HAKE HC - Handsworth Charity Restricted Sub-total for HC HYGIENE - Hygiene products Restricted Sub-total for HYGIENE JESUITS - Jesuits Restricted Sub-total for JESUITS LS - Little School Restricted Sub-total for LS LS-IT - Little School IT fun Restricted Sub-total for LS-IT MKF - Matt Kendall Foundat Restricted Sub-total for MKF PARTY - Party Designated Sub-total for PARTY SONG - English Through Song Restricted |
— 2,000 2,000 — — — — |
| — 2,000 2,000 — — — — 160 250 210 — — — 200 |
|
| 160 250 210 — — — 200 1,137 — — — — — 1,137 |
|
| 1,137 — — — — — 1,137 — 500 190 — — — 309 |
|
| — 500 190 — — — 309 841 — — — — — 841 |
|
| 841 — — — — — 841 1,300 — 2,500 1,200 — — — |
|
| 1,300 — 2,500 1,200 — — — 2,599 — 1,259 — — — 1,340 |
|
| 2,599 — 1,259 — — — 1,340 — 15,000 15,000 — — — — |
|
| — 15,000 15,000 — — — — 102 — — — — — 102 |
|
| 102 — — — — — 102 921 — 348 — — — 573 |
|
| 921 — 348 — — — 573 — — — 5,000 — — 5,000 |
|
| — — — 5,000 — — 5,000 352 10,000 10,477 — — — (125) |
|
| 352 10,000 10,477 — — — (125) — 100 100 — — — — |
|
| — 100 100 — — — — — 5,000 — — — — 5,000 |
|
| — 5,000 — — — — 5,000 — 4,000 — — — — 4,000 |
|
| — 4,000 — — — — 4,000 — 700 398 — — — 302 |
|
| — 700 398 — — — 302 174 — — — — — 174 |
|
| 174 — — — — — 174 500 — — — — — 500 |
|
| 500 — — — — — 500 366 — — — — — 366 |
| Sub-total for SONG SALARIES – Staff salaries Restricted Sub-total for SALARIES General - General fund Unrestricted Sub-total for General Grand total |
366 — — — — — 366 2,062 14,764 15,297 (1,529) — — — |
|---|---|
| 2,062 14,764 15,297 (1,529) — — — 102,811 75,393 75,538 (4,670) — — 97,997 |
|
| 102,811 75,393 75,538 (4,670) — — 97,997 |
|
| 115,325 130,413 127,101 — — — 118,637 |
Analysis of income and expenditure
| Total Unrestricted Designated Restricted Endowment This year Last year INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS Donations and legacies IN001 - Donations 72,385 — 6,800 — 79,185 101,980 IN002 - Grants 1,800 — 48,220 — 50,020 28,491 IN003 - Gift Aid — — — — — 14,216 Total 74,185 — 55,020 — 129,205 144,687 Other trading activities IN004 - Sales of donated goods 1,208 — — — 1,208 2,414 IN005 - Fundraising events — — — — — — IN006 - Sales of merchandise — — — — — 189 Total 1,208 — — — 1,208 2,603 Other income INREF - Refunds — — — — — — Total — — — — — — |
Total Unrestricted Designated Restricted Endowment This year Last year INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS Donations and legacies IN001 - Donations 72,385 — 6,800 — 79,185 101,980 IN002 - Grants 1,800 — 48,220 — 50,020 28,491 IN003 - Gift Aid — — — — — 14,216 Total 74,185 — 55,020 — 129,205 144,687 Other trading activities IN004 - Sales of donated goods 1,208 — — — 1,208 2,414 IN005 - Fundraising events — — — — — — IN006 - Sales of merchandise — — — — — 189 Total 1,208 — — — 1,208 2,603 Other income INREF - Refunds — — — — — — Total — — — — — — |
|---|---|
| 74,185 — 55,020 — 129,205 144,687 1,208 — — — 1,208 2,414 — — — — — — — — — — — 189 |
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| 1,208 — — — 1,208 2,603 — — — — — — |
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| — — — — — — |
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| INCOME TOTAL | 75,393 — 55,020 — 130,413 147,290 |
| EXPENDITURE Expenditure on charitable activities EX0100 - Office and stationery 108 — — — 108 187 EX0110 - Printing and copying 399 — — — 399 274 EX0200 - ICT 836 — — — 836 819 EX0250 - ICT hardware — — — — — — EX0300 - Utilities — — — — — — EX0400 - Waste and recycling 924 — — — 924 924 EX0500 - Housekeeping 278 — — — 278 421 EX0600 - Repairs and maintenance — — — — — — EX0700 - Furniture and fittings — — — — — — EX0800 - Groceries 67 — 1,742 — 1,809 1,335 EX0900 - Clothing purchases 1,366 — 11,301 — 12,667 6,052 EX0950 - Other practical items 641 — 2,080 — 2,722 2,408 EX1000 - Hygiene purchases 15 — 363 — 379 310 |
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
| Report to the trustees/ members of On accounts for the year ended Set out on pages |
St Chad’s Sanctuary CIO | St Chad’s Sanctuary CIO | St Chad’s Sanctuary CIO |
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| 31 March 2022 | Charity no (if any) |
1178728 | |
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 March 2022.
- Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Date: Dec 2022 Signed: Name: Paul Bowater Relevant professional ACA qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: BVSC Accountancy services First Floor Livery Place 35 Livery Street Birmingham B3 2PB
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